Well it seems that magazines with Half-Life 2 cover stories have started showing
up all around the globe. It should be obvious that as a matter of respecting
copyrights, not to mention plain good manners, we won't post any links to
unauthorized scans of content, but CGW
and PC
Gamer were canny enough to send along images
of their covers to whet our appetites, or possibly to serve as visual aids
if your local shopkeeper doesn't know what magazine you are asking about. If the
covers seem familiar, it may be because they use the same pieces of art as the two European magazine covers revealed yesterday.

I argee with you. What made Half-Life a success was the scripted events, no cutscenes/FMV(full motion video) so you're playing the game from the beginning to the end without any cinematic scenes interrupting the gameplay, a WELL made storyline, and incredible AI. On top of that, Valve has given 100% support for those who want to modify Half-Life and create their own mods(Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Gunman Chronicles, HL Rally, Frontline Force, Desert Crisis, Digital Paintball, etc...)

If Valve continues this(full mod support and a wonderful story/AI), Half-Life 2 will no doubt be another successful hit like their first game.

And don't compare Doom 3 with Half-Life 2. That's just wrong. Like SemperFi said before, they're two different games with completely different styles.

BTW, I believe it was ID Software president/chairman who said that John Carmack will still be around to do another game engine for ID Software after Doom 3.